Heldin

See also: heldin

German

Etymology

From Held (“hero”) +‎ -in (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛldɪn/
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Noun

Heldin f (genitive Heldin, plural Heldinnen, masculine Held)

  1. heroine

Declension

Declension of Heldin [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Heldin die Heldinnen
genitive einer der Heldin der Heldinnen
dative einer der Heldin den Heldinnen
accusative eine die Heldin die Heldinnen

See also

Further reading

  • “Heldin” in Duden online
  • “Heldin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Held (“hero”) +‎ -in (feminine suffix).

Noun

Heldin f (plural Heldinnen, masculine Held)

  1. heroine


Old High German

Proper noun

Heldin f

  1. (Bavarian) a female given name

Declension

Declension of Heldin (feminine i/jō-stem)
singular plural
nominative Heldin Heldinnā
accusative Heldina, Heldine Heldinnā
genitive Heldinna Heldinnōno
dative Heldinnu Heldinnōn, Heldinnōm

The nominative singular of the jō-stems (Proto-West Germanic *-ī) was originally uninflected like the ō-stems; and the accusative form usually took its place. The old nominative singular is preserved in fem. personal names, and in the derivatives ending in *-inī and *-unjō. The jō-stems show in the oldest documents instead of -jō the ending -e and retain the j before o, u. From the 9th C. onwards, their inflection entirely coincides with that of the ō-stems, with -a replacing -e.[1]

References

  1. ^ Schatz, Josef, 1871-1950 (1907) Altbairische Grammatik, Laut- und Flexionslehre (Grammatiken der althochdeutschen Dialekte; I. Band.) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, pages 125-126
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